Monday, March 21, 2016

Odyssey of the Mind, Year 3

This was Pierce's third year competing in Odyssey of the Mind. He had a different team this year, and a different coach. Pierce was the only male on his team, and he was the youngest. Pierce had a really fun team and an excellent coach. The problem they chose was called "Fur, Fins and Feathers" and they did a skit involving animals and emotions. There were 16 teams competing in this category for the Piedmont Regional competition.

To the left of the picture is Pierce before his skit (he was a zookeeper) and to the right was the interminable wait for the awards ceremony at the end of the day (they were trying to entertain the kids and had them all doing the hokie pokie for so long I think it could've been in Guinness for longest hokie pokie ever).

Their team took second place! They were so thrilled. The girls were all planning what they would wear on Monday with their medals. Pierce, sadly, doesn't have any skinny jeans, but he did wear his usual jeans with his medal.

My youngest (now almost 20) granddaughter participated in Odyssey for three years here in Raleigh and it was such a great time. I assisted some, and traveled to locations when competition time arrived - so much talent and a LOT of hard work!